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   Erik Schreiber (erikschreiber@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 03:53:32 JST Erik Schreiber

   The wealth of today's financial and corporate elite is even greater than that of the French aristocracy in 1789. Like the feudal order, capitalism is obsolete. The current strikes must become a conscious movement for socialism. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/15/ueah-j15.html

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 03:53:31 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     #AbolishBillionaires they are a mutation of an anachronism

     “Are not all the advantages of society for the powerful and rich?” #JeanJacquesRousseau asked in 1755, in words that resonate today.
     “Are not all lucrative positions filled by them alone?
     Are not all privileges and exemptions reserved for them?
     And is not public authority completely in their favor? When a man of high...

     https://mastodon.world/@erikschreiber/110718226310512142

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:39:37 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...standing robs his creditors or cheats in other ways, is he not always certain of impunity?”

     "Capitalism has lost its right to existence and the ruling elite its “right” to rule. When #Disney CEO #BobIger, who received more than $200 million in compensation over the past five years, denounces striking actors and writers for having “a level of expectation … that is just not realistic,” the comparisons with #LouisXVI and the French...

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Mar-2024 08:39:43 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...aristocracy are inevitable." (2)

     "...Underlying everything are levels of social inequality that might make the French aristocracy blush. The 2,460 richest individuals added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of 2023, while nearly half of the world’s population lives on less than $6.25 a day and has been crushed by the soaring cost of basic necessities over the past year."

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     https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/07/15/ueah-j15.html